モズ
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Japanese
[edit]Alternative spellings |
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百舌 百舌鳥 鴃 鵙 鶪 |
Etymology
[edit]*⟨mo1mo1 su⟩ → */monsu/ → ⟨mo1zu⟩ → */mʷozu/ → /mozu/
From Old Japanese, first attested in the Kojiki (712 CE).
Likely originally a compound of 百 (momo, “hundreds; lots and lots”, in reference to the bird's practice of mimicking other bird calls) + す (su, “bird”, ancient term only found in old compounds).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- Lanius bucephalus, the bull-headed shrike
- general name for birds in family Laniidae: the shrikes
- Hypernym: 雀 (suzume)
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- 春之在者伯勞鳥之草具吉雖不所見吾者見将遣君之當乎婆 [Man'yōgana]
- 春さればもずの草潜見えずとも我れは見やらむ君があたりをば [Modern spelling]
- haru sareba mozu no kusaguki miezu to mo ware wa miyaran kimi ga atari o ba
- After spring has come the shrike goes plunging in the reeds and cannot be seen―but I will spy it out, my love, the place where you have your home.[5]
Derived terms
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References
[edit]- ^ Naoki Abe, 2008, 野鳥の名前 (Yadori no Namae, “Wild Birds' Names”, in Japanese), Tōkyō: Yama-kei Publishers, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
- ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ Edwin A. Cranston (1998) The Gem-Glistening Cup, illustrated edition, Stanford University Press, →ISBN, page 669